How to use Social Networking in Teaching and Learning at Colchester Institute.

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Session Aim

To understand more fully that Social Networking (and Social Media) is 'real' and can take place on the

Internet using Web 2.0 web services.

AND TO USE THE FRIDGE!?

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Session Objectives1. To explore a variety of Internet based Social Networking/Media to assess the usefulness to learning and teaching.

2. To improve understanding of the Social Networking and Web Services policy

3. Identify and overcome real and perceived barriers to using Social Networking/Media/Web Services

4. To stop giving you information and you to find it yourself using collaborative and cooperative learning

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Headlines and TimingsFrom 10am:Introduction – ensure you have your phone on and ready to take audio visual recordings of presentation, you have my permission to record the presentation (not the audience) for private use.Explore definition of Social Network, Media and Web Services To include... Twitter, iGoogle, blogs and WIKIs12pm – 1pm Lunch - please stretch your legsFrom 1pm To include... Facebook, QR Codes, YouTubeExplore policiesFrom 3.45pm - your group presentation (recorded?)

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Who?Who?To undertake operational responsibility for curriculum

development through Technology Enhanced Learning.

Who are you? In groups of two explain who Who are you? In groups of two explain who you are to each other.you are to each other.

Yes you guessed it, you will soon need to Yes you guessed it, you will soon need to tell the group 'who' the other person in your tell the group 'who' the other person in your

group is.group is.

3 minutes :-)3 minutes :-)

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Who am I?Who am I?

Is my real identity different to my digital Is my real identity different to my digital identity?identity?

In real life, I am a:Dad, Husband, FriendEmployee of CIProfessional

Private email accountProfessional email accountCI email account

Let's get ourselves a professional email account

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What is Social Networking?Activity one: Write down your name at the top of a post-it note and then add your hobby/interestORInstead of a post-it use http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/tel-post-it or http://tinyurl.com/359y3kj

Activity two: Place your post-it anywhere on the wall!

Activity three: Try and see if anyone else has the same hobby or interest as you, make a note of the name.

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So What is Social Networking?

So what advantage did either post-it over the other.

Activity 4 - Please type your understanding of social networking on an email and send it to me, Paul Jennings paul.jennings@colchester.ac.uk. Once everyone has sent an email we can explore the meaning of social media by using youtube.

2 minute overview of Social Media

Now go to your email box and click on the link to an on-line collaboration writing pad (please type your name in the box) and this time collaborate with your peers to discuss the differences between social networking and social media.

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Exploration Time

Your time now... build a wallwisherGoogle Etherpad and pick an open source version

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Effective Communication Conduits – a dream?

Social Networking and Media

Social Media Short by JISCLet's Twitter the next question - What is the Social Networking, Social Media and Web Services?

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Microblogging

MicrobloggingExample of 'crowd sourcing'

Twitter

Fairtrade events and activities get students swapping shopping brands http://ping.fm/CQ1D4 about 12 hours ago via Ping.fm

Global education experts discuss the 'everyday realities' of children http://ping.fm/jtukj 1:33 PM Feb 24th via Ping.fmCongratulations to the Anglia Ruskin Kick Boxing Society www.arukbc.co.uk for their recent success at The Town and Gown Martial

Can Twitter be used in the classroom... discuss (real or virtual)?

Facebook

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Son auditioned for band from Facebook!

Examples of Socially Aware Sites

http://www.tower.ac.uk/ - twitter & facebook & flckr

http://www.havering-college.ac.uk/ - twitter & facebook, also has a principal's blog!

http://www.barkingcollege.ac.uk/ - twitter

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Old World New World Same World

Old World

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New World

Think like Generation Y

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JUST LIKE JUDO... it is better to redirect energy then to oppose it.

Start understanding by doing... you are on your own Start understanding by doing... you are on your own now (only if you want to be), personally I would now (only if you want to be), personally I would cooperate, collaborate and share good practice to cooperate, collaborate and share good practice to give myself a break.give myself a break.

Formative homework – 13 years old